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Polypropylene - pellets - recycled (treatment of waste plastic - consumer electronics - recycling)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is treatment of waste plastic, consumer electronics, recycling. The reference product is polypropylene, pellets, recycled. Polypropylene, pellets, recycled, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: one of the top three widely used polymers today with extremely wide range of applications as plastic or as fibre, either transparent or pigmented, such as food packaging, textiles, automotive components, furniture market, medical devices, and consumer goods. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/92641/documentation.

PropertyValue
NamePolypropylene - pellets - recycled (treatment of waste plastic - consumer electronics - recycling)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2022
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.5, 3.12
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: a950203a-99de-49a8-878d-c1cb409ee784

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_polypropylene_pellets_recycled_treatment_of_waste_plastic_consumer_electronics_recycling-disposal_method_recycling
UUID
a23fd201-26ff-4fee-a9aa-bbf847f37d3b
Code Snippet
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